Thank you Vance. I got sick and tired of trying to find suitable juniper stock to work. There are no Shimpaku junipers to be found within 150 miles of me. I figured I may as well jack up some procumbens. It will take a while to get a trunk size I like but once it gets thick enough it won't take long to turn one of these into a nice tree.
I believe every tree that meets bonsai criteria,like small leaves, short internodes, back budding can become a bonsai with the right start in the beginning. That doesn't always mean something as simple as poking a stake in a pot to get a tree to grow up instead of sideways.
This one was an easy means to an end. I put this out here for people who haven't the foggiest idea what to do with a procumbens besides trying to make a cascade form out of it. Been there done that. Always end up cutting the cascading branch off and starting over.
This gives us some options.
